A man been attacked by a large cat-like animal which jumped out from bushes in his garden during the night."

"Anthony Holder said a 6-foot long black animal pounced, knocked him to the ground, then mauled him with its claws" on Monday night, March 21, 2005.

"He said, 'I am 6 feet (tall) and weigh 15 stone, and it was considerably stronger and bigger than me. This thing was huge.'"

"Police were called at Sydenham Park in southeast London, and one officer saw a cat 'about the size of a Labrador dog. Another officer" noticed the beast "soon after, and a search of the nearby railway line and allotments was carried out."

'Its teeth were out, and I tried to defend myself, and eventually I got the thing off my body. He was scratched all over his body and suffered swelling and bruising to his hands and the back of his head.

The Metropolitan Police have mounted extra patrols in S.E.London near the area of residential properties which backs on to a railway line.

That's weird, because a while back people had reported seeing a black panther-like creature roaming around where I live (Corby, Northamptonshire). I wonder if there is actually a big cat wandering around the countryside that somehow made its way to London... :O

A man been attacked by a large cat-like animal which jumped out from bushes in his garden during the night."

"Anthony Holder said a 6-foot long black animal pounced, knocked him to the ground, then mauled him with its claws" on Monday night, March 21, 2005.

"He said, 'I am 6 feet (tall) and weigh 15 stone, and it was considerably stronger and bigger than me. This thing was huge.'"

"Police were called at Sydenham Park in southeast London, and one officer saw a cat 'about the size of a Labrador dog. Another officer" noticed the beast "soon after, and a search of the nearby railway line and allotments was carried out."

'Its teeth were out, and I tried to defend myself, and eventually I got the thing off my body. He was scratched all over his body and suffered swelling and bruising to his hands and the back of his head.

The Metropolitan Police have mounted extra patrols in S.E.London near the area of residential properties which backs on to a railway line.

A terrified mother and her son came face to face with a jet-black beast in woods on the edge of Northampton.

Maria Harding and her seven-year-old son spotted the panther-like creature while walking on Sunday at about 2pm in a park between Clannell Road and Rowtree Road near the Saxon Hill Fort at Hunsbury.

Mrs Harding, of East Hunsbury, said: "There's a park which is opposite Tesco. We went into the wooded part and my youngest son asked me 'Is that a dog?'. The animal was described as 'smaller than a German shepherd dog'.

The following advice for anyone who encounters the wild cat of Northampton or other aggressive black animal: "If you come face to face with it, don't panic. Just back away and maintain eye contact."

That's weird, because a while back people had reported seeing a black panther-like creature roaming around where I live (Corby, Northamptonshire). I wonder if there is actually a big cat wandering around the countryside that somehow made its way to London... :O

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There may be several of them. There have been reports of similar creatures in Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Wales....Lambs have been attacked and partly eaten and not only in remote areas.

In the New Forest there is a colony of Wallabys for certain. They are pets which escaped from a vehicle transporting them when the owner moved house and that official. Ive seen them myself but I would NOT like to meet the big cats